(Recasts with Shell removing non-essential workers, details, background) By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Leading Gulf of Mexico oil producer Shell Oil Co, the U.S. arm of Royal Dutch Shell Plc , said it was removing non-essential workers from offshore platforms as a precaut
Read moreHOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Shell Oil Co, the U.S. arm of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, said it was removing nonessential workers from the Gulf of Mexico as a precautionary measure ahead of a tropical disturbance given an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone in the next 48 hours. Shel
Read moreHOUSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - U.S. oil companies were closely watching a large tropical disturbance in the southern Gulf of Mexico, but were not changing operations despite the system's 70 percent chance of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours, according the U.S. National Hurr
Read more(Updates with protesters voluntarily climbing off the barge) SEATTLE, June 12 (Reuters) - Two activists protesting plans by Royal Dutch Shell to resume drilling for oil in the Arctic dangled for several hours on Friday from the anchor of one of the company's vessels in Washington state befo
Read more* Energy firms accelerate activity ahead of Paris summit * Need for joint action first touted in Davos in January By Ron Bousso and Dmitry Zhdannikov LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - For an industry used to cautious, long-term evolution, the speed at which leaders of Europe's biggest
Read moreThe UK stock market was firmly in the red on Friday as jitters about ongoing Greek debt talks continued to weigh on sentiment. The FTSE 100 was down 0.61% at 6,805.13 by midday after the International Monetary Fund's technical team quit discussions due to a lack of progress from Athens. The IMF on
Read moreBy Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE, June 11 (Reuters) - The first vessel in Royal Dutch Shell's Arctic drilling fleet has embarked from Washington state to Alaska ahead of its planned resumption of oil and gas exploration in the remote region this summer, the company said on Thursday. The
Read more(Adds comment from environmental groups' lawyer, paragraph 11) By Jonathan Stempel June 11 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Thursday rejected an effort by a coalition of environmental groups to revoke federal approval of Royal Dutch Shell Plc's oil spill response plans
Read moreBy Kristen Hays and Erwin Seba HOUSTON, June 11 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises said on Thursday it aims to trade its own gasoline, diesel and the components needed to make them in a new organization separate from its co-owner, Royal Dutch Shell. Motiva, a 50/50 joint venture of Shell
Read moreJune 11 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court rejected an effort by environmental groups to void a U.S. agency's approval of two oil spill response plans by Royal Dutch Shell Plc related to the company's oil leases in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas on Alaska's Arctic coast. By a 2-1 vo
Read moreLONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - Oil major Shell is considering withdrawing from its last exploration well in Ukraine as the project has been on hold for nearly a year due to the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian forces. Shell said it has been unable to perform its commitmen
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